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[There's a bit too much chaos to deal with it while the flash mob is still going, but as soon as things settle down, for some relative value of settling down, Hijikata's straight on to business.]

If this is your first jaunt: don't panic, try to blend in.

Some of our number are going to think they belong in this world. If you can hear this, then obviously, you're not one of them. Keeping an eye on our infiltrators is usually our second clue to figuring out what the hell we're supposed to be doing here.

Our first one is when we arrive in the middle of some shitstorm like this, though - that usually means something. So it's sounding like this one's got to do with... [A slight noise of frustration. This is not his wheelhouse.] Romantic shit? Valentine's Day? If any of you are experts, now would be a good time to tell the rest of us. Or if you know a lot about, I don't know, weddin-

[Actually, no, this is not how he wants to start wedding planning, he is going to cut himself the hell off there. Embarrassedly.]

We usually start by checking in, anyway, so if you're still yourself, speak up. If you've noticed anyone is definitely an infiltrator, tell us that, too; you might as well save us the trouble of saying something really goddamned stupid to them while we're trying to figure it out.

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This place is weird enough to me that I don't have much, but it sounds like at least parts of it are more familiar to some of our number. Maybe they can fill the rest of us in.

[I'm from 1869 and what is this.]

Right. I'll try not to draw attention to myself until then.

[I'm from 1760 and what is this.]

It sounds like Drake's working on something for those of us who don't have a goddamned clue, but he said he'd need a day or two.

[I'm from 1488 and remember things from 1506 what is this.]

For those of us who haven't become younger at all, I... remember when I was at the Ivory Tower, I was being asked whether I would be applying as a professor. Perhaps we should look for teaching positions so we will stand out less? An assistant of some sort, too, might work.

And for everyone, it is perhaps best to say that you are new here, and only that, to one of the Infiltrators. [Especially in his case because haaaaaa can't lie.] The Infiltrators seem to believe that this is our first day on the campus proper, and are willing to show us around to an extent. There might be a few Infiltrators who are also new, though, so I cannot make any guarantees on that.

The less we lie about, the easier it is to keep track of. Simple explanations are the best ones.

[So yes, he's 100% behind "pretend to be new."]

It is our first day, so that much isn't a lie.

What would happen if they did find out who we really are? Speaking theoretically, I mean.

... perhaps nothing will come of it. But I know during my first Jaunt, when I was an Infiltrator, those of us in the Circle had started realizing that the Investigators had come from outside the world of Dolorosa. While nothing thankfully came of it... I guarantee that it would have, if things had not happened the way they did.

And think about it: if you had not seen Liminal Space, you were back at home, going about your daily life... and someone you spoke to began telling you of an inescapable world which changed every time they were in it into stranger and stranger landscapes, and that they were sent here to fix your world and dozens of previous worlds like yours... what would you think? That they were crazy? That they were dangerous?

Truth be told, if someone came to me with a story like that, I couldn't just dismiss those claims as madness. Not if the world was in danger and I could help stop it.

...But I know not everyone would think like me, so you have a point.